Wire-fence tie.



No. 870,571. PATENTED Nov. 12 1907.

e. R. MILLS. WIRE FENCE TIBP APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907.

' 5 c Wane/00% oz a 1 4 M mm GEORGE E. MILLS, OF HUDSON, MICHIGAN.

WIRE-FENCE TIE.

To all whom it may concern:

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 25,1907- Sorial No- 380.727.

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. MILLS, a citizen of,

the United States of America, residing at Hudson, in the county of Lenawee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire- Fence Ties; and I do hereby declare the followingto he.a full, clear, and exact'description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to, which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wire fence ties, and more particularly to ties made'o'f wire and applied to wire fences at the crossing of the stay wires and strand wires, for securing the same in place relative to each other; and its object is to provide a device oisubstantially circular outline, and having its ends well secured and protected, andto provide the same with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being-had to the accompanying invcntioh; Fig. 2. a

drawings, in which:

Figure 1; is an elevation of a deviceembodyin-g my 3. an elevation showing the side opposite to that of Fig. 1.

of the figures. 1 represents the strand wire and 2 the stay wire of a wire fence.

My improved tie consists of a piece of wire of suitable length having its middle and greater-portion bent in substantially circular form as at 3, and arranged sub stantially concentric wi h the crossing of the wires 1 and 2 and also engaging the non-adjacent sides of said wires at four substantially equi-distant points, where by the fence Wires are closely contact with each other at their crossing or intersec- 'tion. To secure the ends of this wire comprising the tie, the ends cross one of the fence wires in opposite directions and side by side, and the outermost end 5 is bent inward in substantially a radial direction and substantially alongside the fence wire 1, and thence partially coiled around the circular part of the tie and terminates within the plane of the said circular portion and adjacent tothe crossing of the wires 1 and 2 with the end engaging both of said wires close within the angle formed by such crossing. The other and securely held in plan view of the same; and, Fig.

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portions inserted in respective angles and at the opposite sides of the wire 1; the result being a substantially circular tie with both ends securely held by engagement with the fence wires and also terminating Within the plane-of its own circular'portion, whereby the ends are fully protected from contact with anything that maychance to engage the fence such as an animalor person, and also securely held from becomwhole tie presents a substantially circular and smooth outline.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with crossed fence wires, 21 wire tie comprising a piece of wire having its middle portion bent substantially, in circular formiand. engaging the fence wires at substantially four equl-distant points, and also arranged'concentric with 'the crossing point of said fence wires, the ends of said tie crossing the fence wires at the same side, and side by side, the outer'end of said tie being bent inward substantially radially and alongside of the fencewire and thence partially around the circular portion of the tie, the other end being'bent partially around the fence wire oppositelyto the but described end, and also within the circular portion of the tie, the said ends bothterminating within'the said circular portion, and within the plane thereof, and oppositely directed.

2. In a wire fence, in combination with fence wires consisting of a line wire and stay wire crossed at substantially right angles, a wire tie consisting of a circular portion arranged concentric with the crossing point of said wires and engaging the non-adjacent sides of the same at four substantially equi-distant points, the ends of the tie wires crossing a fen'cewire side by side, and the outer end of the tie Wire being bent inward alongside'of said fence wire and thence partially around the circular portion of the tie, and also'engaging both fence wires close to the crossing thereof, and the other end of the tie wire being bent partially around the last named fence wire and oppositely to the other end of the tie 7 ing both fence wires close to the'crossing thereof, the ends of the tie wires being oppositely directed and within the circular portion of the, tie.

In testimony whereof Lain: my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE R. MILLS. Witnesses:

Lnmno P. Barn, STANLEY C. STONE.

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